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Ouch, that was painful. Not only to my heart, but to my eyes (in fact, mainly to my eyes). Let's get that massive elephant out the room: this episode looked atrocious. My screencaps may not convey the intensity of the terrible art and animation pr...

Two months after we got our hands on the first stills for the upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movie, the official twitter announced yesterday that the 3-month long filming for the movie has ended on August 26th.

Seven Arcs studio released a promo video and a key visual for its new original TV anime ViVid Strike! . The first episode of ViVid Strike! will hit the blue screens on October 2, 2016: The post ViVid Strike!

She is one of the most recognised voices in Japan, voicing legendary characters like Dragon Ball's Son Goku, Gohan, and Goten, as well as GeGeGe No Kitaro's titular character. However, it seems that Masako Nozawa is not impressed at all with the m...

Yufu Terashima revealed the unique MV "Watashi ni Naru" from her first album "Watashi ni Naru" released in September 21st, 2016. She finally became an actress in the MV! Contributor Wanted! ! As the title shown in the first is "TV drama series", t...

Aug30 New Game! - 09 Nasu, Nasu, Nasu! When it gets closer to crunch time, you have to be creative with the rest of your time; unless you're one of the bosses, and get sick. Otherwise, you provide the fanservice?

No question, the last two days have offered an object lesson in the sometimes harsh realities of anime production, courtesy of two of the Summer's best series. As Orange - the product of a mid-sized studio and working on a limited budget - has see...

Here's your chance to meet, and maybe even take language lessons from or tour Russia with, Russian cosplayer and maid cafe manager Nastyan! There are a couple hundred maid cafes across Japan, but the soon-to-open ItaCafe, an all-Russian maid cafe,...

This week, the celebrations around the 10th anniversary of light novel author Fushimi Tsukasa's debut continued with a Nico webcast helping to decide on a FIGUREX life-sized Oreimo statue. With Ayase Aragaki winning out over Kirino and Kuroneko, t...

According to the latest Oricon report, "Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou" (Let's sing about dreams, rather than talking about them), the ED song of the ongoing TV anime Love Live! Sunshine! ! performed by its nine-member voice actress unit Aqours, sold...

Japanese music magazine "CD & DL Data" went on a quest to discover the most popular anime songs. 6,956 people from 47 prefectures participated in the research, which was conducted on July 4-5. Here are the top 20, which were published in the lates...

With the summer 2016 anime season rapidly heading towards a conclusion fans have been discussing what they believe to be the best late night anime of the season, with action and moe both striking out in favor of the hearty American sport of baseball.

Today, Japan gets the release of a single for Nagi Yanagi's Berserk end theme, "Meimoku no Kanata," composed by Shiro Sagisu and arranged by Sagisu and CHOKKAKU. The disc also features an English version translated by Chika and B-side "Kimi Mikuri.

The Zegapain TV anime is getting the big screen treatment in the form of a compilation film that mixes scenes from the original series with newly-animated portions. A limited two-week engagement is planned for Zegapain ADP in select Japanese theat...

Wa→Suta reveal the light and darkness lurking in their hearts with the MV for their first single "Kanzen Naru Idol" (release date: September 28)! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Contributor Wanted! !

Source: Shochiku Co. , Ltd. Official Site: kurobas. com (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE The KUROKO'S BASKETBALL (黒子のバスケ, Kuroko no Basuke) anime series comes to the big screen with a quartet of films. Also known as THE BASKETBALL WHICH KUROKO PLAY...

What comes to mind when one thinks of "tattoos"? Some might imagine the anchor on Popeye's forearm, the pointy tribal band encircling a local gym fiend's bicep, or the crude inkings associated with prison art.

After running the three-chapter Jump Start run recently within Weekly Shonen Jump, the magazine has made the decision to turn The Promised Neverland into an ongoing serialization. With the ending this month of both Nisekoi and Bleach they definite...

Happy 9th Birthday, Hatsune Miku! It's now August 31st in Japan, marking the 9th anniversary of Hatsune Miku's release. For the past 9 years, many unimaginable events were made possible thanks to the support of Hatsune Miku fans worldwide.

It is officially confirmed today that a TV anime adaptation of Shotaro Ikenami's Onihei Hankacho (Onihei Crime Book) novel series is now in the works for 2017. The popular novel featuring Heizo Hasegawa, the head of the special police in the Edo p...

The Advisory Rating Board of Brazil has recently given the game a rating, hinting that Fusions might be headed to countries outside of Japan. Dragon Ball Fusions is available in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has an interview with Valkyria: Azure Revolution chief producer Youichi Shimomoto, producer Katsura Mikami, and director Takeshi Ozawa, who share a few new details. Get the tidbits below.

Aug30 It's like the Ghost of Idols Past, you just can't get away from it Let's ramp up the angst this week for Love Live! Sunshine! ! Chika lays the smack down on the senpais But really not that much. I mean, it's Love Live!

When we spoke to Yuji Okada, the producer behind mobile RTS Battle Champs, he mentioned that crossovers were on the way but couldn't discuss specific plans. Now we have one to look forward to with the announcement of a tie-in promotion with Square...

Max Factory is preparing to serve up a new Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate scale figure of Ikumi Mito, sculpted based on her reaction scene from the Totsuki Tea Ceremony and Cooking Academy's Autumn Elections curry round, where she ...

Publisher Koei Tecmo had revealed last month that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 would receive VR support, parallel with the release of Sony's PlayStation VR on October 13th. Courtesy of Gamer. ne. jp, we now have an actual glimpse at the new modes and wh...

Compile Heart released some new details on their upcoming dungeon crawler, Godly Prison Tower: Mary Skelter, on the game's official website, with details on weapon upgrades using "Blood Crystals. " While fighting Merchen in battle, you'll acquire ...

Square Enix revealed their lineup of games we can expect to see from them at Tokyo Game Show 2016, featuring various Final Fantasy titles, Kingdom Hearts HD 2. 8, NieR: Automata, and more. Akashic Re:cords - Android, iOS (New Trailer, Studio) Diss...

posted on 31 August 2016 from STRATFOR -- this post authored by Reva Goujon Getting old can be a drag, for both people and nations. As people age, they tend to become less physically active. This leads to loss of muscle mass and the gain of fat, w...

Arc System Works revealed in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine that they're releasing Kunio-kun Nekketsu Complete Famicom Series, an upcoming compilation featuring 11 Famicom titles from the series on Nintendo 3DS.